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  • magsnubby
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2005
    • 669

    SKS removable magazine. Legal or not?

    I know the magazine counts as three 922(r) parts, but is a removable mag legal in California or not?

    Is their an American made non removable magazine that's reliable?
    Last edited by magsnubby; 11-26-2007, 8:13 PM.
  • #2
    wilit
    Calguns Addict
    • Dec 2005
    • 5199

    Do you mean SKS?

    Depends. If you have a Yugo Zastava M59 or M59/66 then a detachable mag is okay. If you have a Russian or Chinese rifle specifically marked "SKS" then no, it is not legal.
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    • #3
      magsnubby
      Senior Member
      • Oct 2005
      • 669

      It's a Yugo. There's no "SKS" on it anywhere that i can find.

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      • #4
        hoffmang
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        • Apr 2006
        • 18448

        Then you sir can use detachable magazines as long as you don't reconfigure that Zastava to have any of the prohibited features (flash hider, pistol grip, thumbhole stock, etc.).

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        • #5
          Gator Monroe
          Banned
          • Oct 2007
          • 6422

          Originally posted by hoffmang
          Then you sir can use detachable magazines as long as you don't reconfigure that Zastava to have any of the prohibited features (flash hider, pistol grip, thumbhole stock, etc.).

          -Gene
          Who makes a nice detachable 10 rounder (Because that what you need ) Tapco 10/20 ?

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          • #6
            magsnubby
            Senior Member
            • Oct 2005
            • 669

            Originally posted by hoffmang
            Then you sir can use detachable magazines as long as you don't reconfigure that Zastava to have any of the prohibited features (flash hider, pistol grip, thumbhole stock, etc.).

            -Gene
            I'm replacing the stock with an ATI stock and removing the bayonet. It's going to be a camping/jeep gun.

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            • #7
              MrTuffPaws
              Senior Member
              • Oct 2005
              • 2156

              Before you start slapping a removable mag on a SKS type rifle, make sure that you check to see how the rifle was DROS'ed. If the DROS says SKS, then you are stuck with the fixed mag. If it is a M59 or M59/6X, then legally, you should be good to go. Just expect a lawyer to sort it out for you in court.

              In the mean time, try this.


              I have one, and it works great.

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              • #8
                bigthaiboy
                Veteran Member
                • Apr 2007
                • 4795

                Most of the 10rd aftermarket magazines are not only detachable, but are junk anyway. Most will FTF at least once per magazine. I hear good thing about the Tapco 10/20 conversion from High Ready Tactical, since it is modified from one of the best SKS aftermarket magazines currently available.

                Which ATI stock were you planning to put on your Yugo, by the way?

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                • #9
                  bohoki
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                  • Jan 2006
                  • 20783

                  the dros of a long arm doesn't say anything of the type or name

                  i wouldn't risk it you know it is an sks distributors call them sks and "sks with detachable magazine" has been an assault weapon in california for a very long time

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                  • #10
                    thisismyboomstick
                    Member
                    • Dec 2005
                    • 389

                    But the 4473 does.

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                    • #11
                      hoffmang
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                      • Apr 2006
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                      Please read Harrot v. County of Kings. It's pretty darn clear that if the rifle doesn't have the right make and model on the side then it isn't a controlled rifle.

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                      • #12
                        bohoki
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                        • Jan 2006
                        • 20783

                        there are things you can't and things you shouldn't

                        there are no gun rights only human rights

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                        • #13
                          bwiese
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                          • Oct 2005
                          • 27621

                          Whatever the DROS/4473 says is irrelevant if it's incorrect. That's the dealer's problem (which could indeed be a problem, they're supposed to properly identify firearms).

                          Just because someone writes down the colloquial "SKS" name instead of the proper make/model "Zastava M59..." does not change what the gun is.

                          The charge for illegal named AW possession is for what it says on the gun, not what some lackey wrote on the DROS/4473.

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                          • #14
                            tygerpaw
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                            • Dec 2005
                            • 571

                            I personally like the way the SKS loads from the top with strippers. I think that I can reload with stripper clips faster than I would be able to with a duckbilled detachable. Just my .02 worth.


                            Now if one had pre-ban 20 or 30 rounders, that would be a different story.

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                            • #15
                              Sydwaiz
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                              • Feb 2003
                              • 3459

                              Originally posted by tygerpaw
                              I personally like the way the SKS loads from the top with strippers. I think that I can reload with stripper clips faster than I would be able to with a duckbilled detachable. Just my .02 worth.


                              Now if one had pre-ban 20 or 30 rounders, that would be a different story.
                              +1 on all accounts and yes I do! Even a 50.
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